A YOUNG driver has admitted failing to stop following a crash at a petrol station.

Charlie Simpson, 19, of St Faith’s, Lamphey, appeared at Llanelli Magistrates’ Court, facing charges for two offences.

The court heard that on February 24, Simpson, then 18, crashed a Ford Fiesta at Lamphey Service Station, causing damage to a petrol pump.

He was charged with driving without due care and attention and failing to stop after the collision.

Simpson pleaded guilty to both offences on October 16.

He was fined £120 for each offence, ordered to pay £110 in costs, and a £96 surcharge. Additionally, he received eight penalty points on his licence and a nine-month driving ban for accumulating too many points.

A HAVERFORDWEST man has been charged with the racially aggravated harassment of Haverfordwest town councillor Randell Turner-Thomas during an alleged incident in the town on August 6.

Lee Woodmass is accused of harassing Cllr. Turner-Thomas during an altercation in the town centre, causing him intentional harassment, alarm, or distress.

This week, Woodmass, 48, of Hywel Road, Haverfordwest, appeared before a district judge sitting at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court, where he denied the charge. He elected a Crown Court trial, and proceedings will commence on November 29.

Woodmass was released on conditional bail.

A REGISTERED Haverfordwest sex offender has been brought before a district judge after breaching his sexual harm prevention order on five separate occasions.

Appearing via a video link from Parc Prison, where he is currently on remand, Adrian Thomas, 31, admitted all five charges when he was brought before Judge Mark Layton sitting at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.

Crown Prosecutor Sian Vaughan informed Judge Layton that between January 21 and April 16, 2024, Thomas was in possession of more than one mobile phone and more than one SIM card at any single time. The sexual harm prevention order requires the defendant to notify Dyfed-Powys Police of any new phones and SIM cards he may acquire.

During the same dates, Thomas also set up a new email address in his mother’s name, despite failing to inform her of his actions, and failed to notify the police of the address at which he was residing.

“There is evidence that suggests he was using controlling behaviour towards his mother during this period of time,” said Sian Vaughan.

Judge Layton declined jurisdiction in sentencing Thomas and transferred the matter to Swansea Crown Court. Thomas will now be sentenced on November 12. He was remanded in custody.